The Wall Street Journal is reporting that there is going to be a huge glut of telecom offerings, now that the market has firmed up a little bit. Most of the offerings are going to be from recently privatized government monopolies, from Asia in particular,… Read More »
Archive for 2003
MIT Technology Review has a great overview of various fiber to the home projects around the country, and how they are threatening to break the chokehold of Bell and Cable monopolies. Essentially, a lot of the stuff is what I have been following here at… Read More »
In the world of journalism, you as a reporter/writer are valued for three basic skills: ability to ferret out news and trends, ability to write, and last but not the least, for building up your rolodex. Fatter the rolodex, the better a reporter you are, and… Read More »
Wired editor Chris Anderson is turning his reporter eye on the trends driving the broadband home of the future, and the market opportunities it is creating. His reasons include: bq. The first is the rise of digital media. What started with the audio CD has suddenly… Read More »
Vitesse has bought Cicada for $66 million reports CNET News.com. The two chip makers (Vitesse makes high-speed comm chips and CIcada makes DSPs) had been partnering on network switches. Cicada has raised $37 million in venture capital to date from the likes of… Read More »
John Dvorak, a columnist to reckon with (atleast when Bill and Steve roamed the planet), and just when you think he is way past due his editorial expiration date, he does come up with a good one. Lately his columns have become nothing but rants, but… Read More »
Boston.com’s Peter Howe has an interesting perspective on the telecom industry and is predicting major consolidation. It is something I have talked about before, but there are some suggestions which don’t make sense. For instance he talks about Vodafone flying solo and then buying… Read More »
A couple of days after I posted this article about ViewSonic, now there is word that the company is looking to announce a couple of new LCD Televisions, including a 30 inch model which could set you back a lot of money. Don’t have many… Read More »
For past two weeks I have been trying to disconnect my AOL account. I did not know I had one. It was part of the promotional CD which I decided to try out – it was promising a few thousand hours for free, so I said… Read More »
South Korea has become a defacto test bed for anything broadband, and what it decides does have major implications around the world. The Korea Herald is reporting that the going might be tough for W-CDMA in that country, which does not bode well for the… Read More »
Dennis Berman over at The Wall Street Journal is taking phone companies to the task and calling their bluff on the so-called next generation services. In this story, he writes: bq. All these forces are pushing the big telecom companies to do something at which they’re… Read More »
Complications threaten to erupt on the back end of Internet telephony that could hold back cost savings for providers and ultimately dampen expectations for the much-hyped technology. reports CNET News.com For once I actually agree with some of the conclusions of this article. CNet takes… Read More »
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